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MINUTES Eugene City Council Council Chamber --City Hall 777 Pearl Street— Eugene, Oregon January 23, 2012 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Brown, Pat Farr, Betty Taylor, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the January 23, 2012, regular meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. 1. PUBLIC FORUM Ariana Fancher, Ward 6, supported revisions to the City Code that allowed residents to raise goats inside the city limits. She spoke of the values of goats, including their use for food production, which allowed for sustenance and self - reliance. Alexandra Rempler, Ward 2, spoke of the many United States communities that allowed goat- keeping. Those communities administered codes that prohibited noise, excessive odors, and goats at large, as well as unsanitary conditions that attracted insects by limiting goat numbers to 2 -3 per residential lots. In addition many codes required goats to be dehorned and male goats to be neutered and provided for setbacks. In addition, many cities required goats to be licensed. Ms. Rempler particularly commended Seattle's ordinance to the council. Genie Harden, 85240 Chezem Road, also supported code changes that would allow for urban goats. She asked the council to hold a work session as soon as possible to allow residents to keep goats as soon as possible. She spoke of the many benefits of goats and submitted pages 88 -89 of the City of Eugene Food Security Resource and Scoping Plan, which include the plan's recommendations for changes to Eugene Code 9.5250 to expand the ability of citizens to engage in microlivestock husbandry. Carla Newbre, Ward 1, expressed regret for recent testimony in the public forum aimed at Councilor Poling. and said she had shared her strong disapproval with the individual in question, who was not affiliated with Occupy Eugene and who was unknown to the group's members. She spoke of her work as a peacekeeper at that day's "Ninja March" and said she had offered people peace, love, and happiness or chocolate money; many people accepted the peace, love, and happiness. She wished the council peace, love, happiness, health, and abundance. Joe Tyndal, Ward 7, agreed with Ms. Newbre's remarks about the testimony directed at Councilor Poling and suggested the individual in question may have been an agent provocateur. He suggested the council investigate what he termed "the maneuvering" that led to the Occupy Eugene encampment being shut down. He doubted the police's accounts of Molotov cocktails and outdoor sex. He suggested the police had dumped troublemakers on the site and that Occupy Eugene and the council were "played" by factions manufacturing a case they could not win on its merits. Mr. Tyndal invited Councilor Poling to participate in a discussion with Jean Stacey on an Occupy Eugene broadcast. MINUTES— Eugene City Council January 23, 2012 Page 1 Work Session